Applied Kinesiology (AK) is a chiropractic diagnostic and treatment modality using manual muscle-strength testing for medical diagnosis and a subsequent determination of prescribed therapy. According to practitioners using Applied Kinesiology techniques, it provides feedback on the functional status of the body. AK draws together many similar therapies. It is used as an integrated, interdisciplinary approach [...]
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* CMCC offers a four-year programme of rigorous academic and clinical education, including a one-year internship in one of the institution’s clinics. * The programme requires over 4,500 hours of academic and clinical education, including studies in biological sciences, anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, neurology, as well as clinical and chiropractic sciences. * The curriculum enhances small [...]
In 2006 the Maryland Health Care Commission examined and briefly compared the positions of the three chiropractic groups ””with policies on spinal manipulation services for children: American Chiropractic Association (ACA); International Chiropractor’s Association (ICA – with its specialty department, The Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics; members of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association are a general sub-set [...]
Spinal manipulation is a therapeutic intervention that has roots in traditional medicine and has been used by various cultures, apparently for thousands of years. Hippocrates, the “father of medicine” used manipulative techniques, as did the ancient Egyptians and many other cultures. A modern re-emphasis on manipulative therapy occurred in the late 19th century in North [...]
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is an organizational descendant of one of the first national chiropractic membership societies – the Universal Chiropractors Association (UCA), established at the Palmer School of Chiropractic in 1906. The UCA was originally designed to thwart efforts by organized medicine to jail chiropractors. Over time, the ACA began to increase the [...]
Consortium of University-Based Research Centres The Consortium of Canadian Chiropractic Research Centres (CCCRC), established in 1998 by the Canadian Chiropractic Association (The CCA) represents research collaborations with many universities and institutions across the country. The CCCRC currently comprises the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College and twelve university-based research sites where chiropractic researchers either hold faculty appointments [...]
Canadian Chiropractic Examining Board requires all candidates to complete a 12 month clinical intership to obtain licensure, as well as write a total of 3 exams in their 4th year of study. Candidates must successfully pass Components A and B (Written Cognitive Skills Examination) to be eligible for the Clinical Skills Examination. Canadian accrediting standards [...]
Chiropractic sports medicine specialists first began treating Olympic athletes at the Olympic Games in Mexico City, in 1976, when Dr. Leroy Perry arranged a relationship with the Aruba team. The first official appointment of a chiropractor to the US team began with the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Montreal, when Dr. George Goodheart’s name was [...]
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